Joseph Benavidez vs Danny Martinez Added to WEC 37 Card
by Discman2
on Nov 13, 2008 4:18 PM EST
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Fronted by Luke Thomas.
World Extreme Cagefighting has just added another bantamweight fight for the December 3rd card. Joseph Benavidez (9-0) will be facing Danny Martinez (11-2). Benavidez comes into this fight with a perfect 9-0 record and having last fought for the Japanese organization Dream. Benavidez faced Junya Kudo at the July 21st event and went on to dominate Kudo en route to a submission win in the very first round. The young fighter is highly touted by teammate, and former WEC featherweight champion, Urijah Faber. Faber went even as far to say that Benavidez would be able to beat top ranked fighter Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto.
On the other side Danny Martinez comes into this fight with a very impressive 11-2 record. He also comes in as the Rage in the Cage bantamweight champion. Martinez last fought in October against Joey Marimberga. Martinez went on to win that fight in the third round by submission.
This fight has the potential to be very exciting. Benavidez looked impressive in his last fight and Martinez is looking to be a force in the exploding WEC bantamweight division. Both fighters are making their WEC debuts.
Here's how the rest of the card is shaping up:
WEC 37: Torres vs Tapia
The Joint - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Nevada
December 3rd 2008
- Bantamweight Championship bout:
Miguel Torres vs. Manny Tapia - Featherweight bout:
Wagnney Fabiano vs. 
Akitoshi Tamura - Bantamweight bout: Brian Bowles vs. Will Ribeiro
- Lightweight bout:
Bart Palaszewski vs. Alex Karalexis - Featherweight bout: Cub Swanson vs. Hiroyuki Takaya
- Lightweight bout: Shane Roller vs. Mike Budnik
- Welterweight bout: Johny Hendricks vs.
Alex Serdyukov - Featherweight bout: Josh Grispi vs. Diego Nunes
- Bantamweight bout Joseph Benavidez vs. Danny Martinez
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If you source this, I’ll promote it to the front page.
by Luke Thomas on
Nov 13, 2008 3:58 PM EST
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Another very nice looking card from our friends at WEC.
JB is definitely one of the top up and comers and I hope we get to see this fight.
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by BJJDenver on
Nov 13, 2008 4:29 PM EST
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Part 2 with Miguel Torres by tracylee
by Nick Thomas on
Nov 13, 2008 4:37 PM EST
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Prediction....
None of the fighters will be tall enough to jump up and straddle the cage after victory.
by nitro on
Nov 13, 2008 4:47 PM EST
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I love this card. It should be very damned entertaining.
by Richard Wade on
Nov 13, 2008 4:51 PM EST
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Cerrone just fought at WEC 36, which was like a week or so ago.
by Discman2 on
Nov 13, 2008 5:11 PM EST
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I didn’t pay attention to this:
December 3rd 2008
Guess I’m got used to the multiple title fights on WEC cards and wasn’t thinking.
by Tonley on
Nov 13, 2008 5:17 PM EST
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Guess I*
Commenting on MMA blogs during class kills grammar.
by Tonley on
Nov 13, 2008 5:17 PM EST
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I agree with all of my fellow WEC enthusiasts, this card looks great from top to bottom.
by Estrada on
Nov 13, 2008 8:52 PM EST
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Josh Grispi vs. Diego Nunes
This could be fight of the night. But heck, the majority of them could be. Good stuff.
by Chris Nelson on
Nov 14, 2008 12:09 AM EST
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